The number of public charging points remains at 14,244, far from the 45,000 target set by the end of this year
In the first quarter of 2022, growth of 1.4 points was achieved from the previous period, bringing the total to 13.3 points out of 100 in the ANFAC Manufacturers Association’s Electromobility Barometer. Despite this increase, the national position differs from the leaders in electromobility and the gap with the European average widens by almost 15 points, which amounts to 28.1 points. In this way, Spain continues to distance itself from the rest of the European countries in the global indicator that assesses the penetration of electric vehicles and the installation of public charging infrastructures.
The first quarter of 2022 has concluded with a total of 14,244 public charging points throughout the national territory. This means that 833 new charging points were installed in the first three months of the year. While the development of public charging infrastructure is not stopping, slow progress is still being made towards the 45,000 charging points that would be needed this year to meet the demanding European targets and, consequently, those of the PNIEC for 2030. this period, using the new points from this first quarter as a reference, has covered 2.6% of the number needed to reach the milestone we need to set for 2022.
The Manufacturers Association believes that by 2022 it would be necessary to triple the presence of charging infrastructure compared to the previous year to reach at least 45,000 public charging points.
In addition, this organization explains that although the total number of charging points has increased, most public charging points charge slowly (power equal to or less than 22kW), accounting for 85% of the current public network. Although, while still very small, the fast or ultra-fast charging network, coupled with powers in excess of 150 kW, has managed to grow to a total of 133 public access points. It should be noted that 88% of 250 kW charging stations respond to projects related to car manufacturers.
The slow development of charging infrastructures remains a weakness in terms of electrification, not only for Spain, but for most of the European environment. In the first quarter of the year, Spain rose by 7 tenths to a score of 4.8 out of 100 points in the charging infrastructure indicator. Meanwhile, the average for the European Union stands at 9.8 points, but with a growth of only one point. All this means that Spain remains in the last positions of the indicator, widening the gap by five points from the European average.
At the national level, the evolution of Catalonia stands out with an improvement of 2.7 points, mainly linked to the deployment of higher power charging points in the region. Although very moderate, all regions grew compared to the previous quarter, with the exception of Murcia, Ceuta and Melilla, which maintain the same valuation. On the market side, the target for this year is 120,000 registrations of electrified passenger cars, double what had been achieved in 2021, with only 17,704 sales of this type until March this year.
In Europe, although the world ranking maintains its position, it is worth noting the improvement of almost 3 points in both France and the United Kingdom. In the case of Spain, it is still in the last positions, surpassing only Hungary and the Czech Republic.
During the first quarter of 2022, Spain achieved a score of 21.7 out of 100 points in the electric vehicle penetration indicator, representing a growth of 2 points compared to the previous period. The slow progress of the Spanish electrified vehicle market is reflected in the indicator’s distance from the European average of 24.6 points, which has a total score of 46.3 points. Spain is in the group of countries with the least growth on average (+2 points), together with other countries such as Italy (+0.8 points), Hungary (+1.9 points) or the Czech Republic (+0.5 points).
In the first quarter, with a total of 17,704 electrified passenger cars registered, only 14.8% of the ANFAC’s estimated milestone of 120,000 units by 2022 has been reached this year, meeting the targets set in the PNIEC for 2030. . , in the first quarter they would have sold about 30,000 units.
In the national context, Madrid, for its part, leads the ranking with a score of 36.4 points, an improvement of 2.9 points compared to the previous quarter. Likewise, the improvement in electric vehicle sales has had a direct impact on the valuation of Navarra, the Canary Islands and Catalonia, which grew by more than 2 points.
During the first months of 2022, a total of 10,747 electric cars were registered in Spain, 85% more than in the same period of 2021. The electric map in Spain leaves us with two points of “high voltage”, such as Madrid and Barcelona , which according to Unoauto account for 45% of searches for new electric cars.
Moreover, in Valencia at 7.1%, Malaga at 4.1% and Murcia at 3.7%, they are the most sought after, excluding Madrid and Barcelona.
It is in the major cities, although Murcia does not reach the 500,000 inhabitants threshold, where environmental awareness begins to grow, such as in Malaga.
One of the most striking aspects of the data collected by Unoauto is that the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands are not communities where their populations are more likely to look for electric vehicles. Las Palmas is the first of the island provinces, but remains in 16th place with only 1.3%.
Until we reach the Balearic Islands, it is necessary to take the road to the 27th position in the country as a whole, at 0.7%, despite being one of the communities where the greatest force has been exerted for the transition from combustion to electricity, even the first to activate Moves III last year.
And Tenerife for its part is on the same level when it comes to seeking electricity from provinces like Zamora or Castellón, with only 0.5%.
On the other hand, if we invert the picture of electricity demand, what is least sought after is in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, which is exactly where the least population is. Cuenca or Segovia are also communities under 0.1% of searches.
However, the population factor may have a relative effect. The best example is Teruel, the fourth most sparsely populated province in Spain: even with only 0.2% of searches, it outnumbers others with more inhabitants, such as Palencia, Cáceres, Ourense or Huelva.
Source: La Verdad
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